Max Hole, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMG International, announced that Elizabeth Sobol is joining the Decca Label Group, USA, as President and CEO. Based in New York, Sobol will join the company on April 15th and will be responsible for the Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Mercury Classics labels in the USA.

Currently Managing Director of IMG Artists North and South America, Sobol brings to the Decca Label Group a wealth of experience from running IMG Artists, where she was a key player since the company's founding in overseeing its growth into the world's largest international performing arts management agency representing over 500 of the world's premier classical, jazz, world music and dance artists.

As well as acting as personal manager to artists including Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, James Galway, Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson String Quartet, Sobol has produced numerous recordings and theatre projects, co-created and programmed the Festival of the Arts BOCA and lead the diversification of IMG Artists from a classical music agency into a multi-genre agency. Sobol created IMG Artists' Dance, Latin Music and World Music/Jazz/Attractions divisions, as well as sourcing and signing 40 new non-classical artists.

Sobol will report to Max Hole who commented: "I'm delighted to welcome Elizabeth to the Decca Label Group where her passion for music, innovation and creativity make her the ideal choice to develop the Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Mercury Classics' labels in the US."

Sobol said: "It is difficult to adequately express my excitement about working with Max Hole, the Decca Label Group team and all the great artists at Universal and with them, to build the best and most creative set of music labels in America. I have had a rich and rewarding time at IMG Artists and look forward to continued collaboration in the future".